CLIxOER V2.0.0 Technical stack upgrade

What's Changed

The new version has been enhanced in terms of technical stack as the existing versions have been deprecated.

New Enhancements:

• Entire technical stack of the platform has been moved to latest LTS(Long term security) version so that we get the security updates for a longer period.

  • Django 1.6 and Python 2.7 is now Django 2.2LTS and python 3.6.9.
  • Postgres database is now running on a different container and also has been upgraded to version 10.0.0.
  • The Operating system version of the docker image is now Ubuntu 18.04 from 14.04.
  • The underlying django packages have been removed.
    • django-mongokit==0.2.6
    • django-registration==1.0
    • django-pagination==1.0.7
    • django-notification==1.2.0
    • django-memcache-admin
    • django-simple-captcha==0.4.5
    • django-celery==3.1.16
    • django-mailbox==4.4.1
    • django-registration-email
    • dlkit==0.7.0
  • The python drivers used to communicate with the database have been changed to mongoengine +pymongo 3.11.2 as the new versions of django+python doesnt support the exiting ones.
  • Following packages have been upgraded to the versions which are compatible with the django+python versions.
    • django-json-rpc==0.7.2
    • Fabric3==1.14.post1
    • Sphinx==3.0.0
    • python-memcached==1.59
    • Pillow==8.1.0
  • Since the django-memcache-admin is deprecated hence caching based on memcache.

• Bug fixes:

  • Based on the feedback from the testing some of the issues have been addressed. The issues are listed in the projectboard (https://github.com/orgs/CLIxIndia-Dev/projects/5).
  • Dowloadables of the epubs are now through nginx.
  • Responsiveness has been improved.

• Comprehensive Home/Landing Page: The Home/Landing page of website with elegant Footer with partner logos, license details and links to About/Credits/Privacy/Terms/GitHub pages.

New Contributors

• @DurgaSwetha made their first contribution in #1
• @yogeshu made their first contribution in #2